Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,739, John Gerrills, Mass.

SERVICE
• NUMBER
Mass.
Gerrills, John
S. 42,739
CONTENTS

Feb 7 57 4 New York Roll to Ohio
John Gridley
was in the State of New York Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brock and the Massachusetts line, for the term of 4 months: 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1. of April 1819 and sent to John Willard, Esq. Salem, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 . . . . . 87. 69 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept. 4. 1819. . 48 " " Nov. 10 mo. 25/30- 4/31 $135.69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Con'd sent to Orin Gridley " Clinton N.Y. " July 13. 1821
Date of death not on A.B.

State of Ohio      Application for a Transfer Guemville County ss
On the eighth day of March 1826 before me the subscriber an Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Guemville personally appeared John Gerrells who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain King in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from which he has lately removed that he now resides in the state of Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be then payable in future - and that his reasons for removing to the state of Ohio were that his children were already there
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year aforesaid.
Leicester King
Judge of C. C. P.
for Guemville County ss
Also same time and place appeared before me Oliver Crosby to me well known as a person of veracity and made solemn oath that he well knows John Gerrells the subscriber to the above affidavit to be the identical John Gerrells described in the above affi- -davit before me (Leicester King a Judge of the Court Common Pleas for Guemville County Ohio

The State of Ohio Franklin County I George Beman clerk of the court of common pleas for said county do hereby certify that Frederick Haring Esquire whose signature appears affixed to the within testipulus (which signatures are in his own proper hand writing) is one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn agreeably to the laws of said state On testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Warren the 11th day of March 1811 George Beman Clerk

State of New York
Washington County ss John Gerrill of the town of Salem County of Washington & State of New York being duly sworn doth depose and say that this deponent did sometime in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy nine, or one thousand seven hundred & eighty, & which year this deponent does not recollect enlist into Captain Kings company in Colonel John Brooks Regiment in the Massachusetts line as a private soldier & that he did serve in said company Regiment & line in the war of the revolution against the common enemy on the continental establishment for and during the period of three years, being the period for which this deponent enlisted; at the expiration of which said period of three years, and in what year this deponent does not distinctly recollect, he this deponent was honorably discharged, which discharge has been lost by time and accident. And this deponent further saith that he is still a resident citizen of the United States and that by reason of his reduced circumstances & condition in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn 6 th April 1818
John Gerrill
Before Anthony Blanchard
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York -

State of New York Washington County
Alexander M c Neil of the town of Salem in the County of Washington & State of New York being duly sworn saith that he is acquainted with the within named John Gairdell & that he knows that the said John was in the service in the continental establishment in the war of the revolution against the common enemy but at what precise time for how long this deponent does not recollect, & further this deponent saith that he believes the character of the said John for truth & veracity is good that he is acquainted with the circumstances & condition in life of the said John and doth believe that he is in need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn this 6 th April 1818 before me
Alex. M c Neil
Anthony J. Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York —

John Gerrill of Salem Wash Co. N. York

To the Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War
The Case of John Grull of the town of Salem County of Washington State of New York
Whereas it appear to the satisfaction of me Anthony J. Blanchard first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State aforesaid that the above named John Grull hath served in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment against the common enemy for and during the period mentioned in the declaration underneath of the said John hereto annexed & in the manner therein specified I do therefore hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the said case and proceedings had thereon all which are hereunto annexed Dated April 6. A.D. 1818
Anthony J. Blanchard
State of New York Washington County
I Daniel Shipheard Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & State of New York do certify that Anthony J. Blanchard is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County in the State aforesaid & that the signature of the said Anthony to the above affidavits & certificate is of the proper handwriting of him the said Anthony. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this sixteenth day of April A.D. 1818
D. Shipheard

John Gerrill's affidavit & certificate.
Not on Roll D11

of New York Ohio County William McFarlin President of the Town of Pitsfield in the County aforesaid being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is personally acquainted with John Gurnels now a President of the Town of Salem in the County of Washington in the State aforesaid. being duly sworn deposes and saith and that he first became acquainted with the said John Gurnels in the latter part of the year 1780. or the first of the year 1781 who was at that time a private soldier in the Continental Service of the United States in Captain Hays Company in the 7 th Massachusetts Regiment and that he the deponent then was a sergeant in the 9 th and afterwards the 7 th Massachusetts Regiments and well remembers of knowing the said John Gurnels while in the said Service during two years and that he saw him soon and frequently after he the said Gurnels returned home and under- stood by Genl. Russell and what he afterwards to be true that the said John Gurnels received an honorable discharge from Service and further saith not Further saith that the deponent when in said Service was mustered by the name of William Farley
Sworn & subscribed this 22 d day of January 1819
William McFarlin
before me Stephen Phelps a
Judge of Ontario Co. N.Y.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with William McFarlin and know him to be a credible witness
Stephen Phelps a Judge of the

State of New York } Ontario County } ss. In Testimony that Stephen Clerks Office. } Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto sub- scribe my name and affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 22 d day of January A.D. 1819
Thos. M c Naughton

Washington County. Robert Long of Hinton in said County being duly sworn saith that in the year 1780 he this deponent was a soldier in Col. Jackson's Regiment in the Massachusetts line & that during the summer of that year he well recollects seeing John Gurnell in the 7 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded as this deponent believes by Colonel John Brooks which Regiment was on the Continental establish- ment that this deponent then understood & believed that the said John Gurnell had enlisted for three years in said service & this deponent subsequently understood & from information that he believes that the said John Gurnell served his said term of three years & was honorably discharged.
sworn 20 February 1819 before me
Robert Long
Anthony Blanchard
Third Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York

STATE OF NEW-YORK. Oneida Common Pleas, ss.
On this eighth day of September 1820, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, being a Court of Record, John Gerills aged fifty two years, resident in Wetland in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In the year
1780 enlisted in Col John Brooks Regiment & served therein three years to the conclusion of the war -
That he has received a Pension, and the number of his pension certificate is 8775 That he is by occupation a farmer
That the number and names of his family residing with him: their ages and capacity to contribute to their support is as follows, viz.
himself aged fifty two years rather of a feeble health his wife aged fifty seven years sickly his daughter Ruth aged seventeen years healthy
42739
AND I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR , that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
Sworn to and declared, on the 8 th day of September 1820. } before J. H. Hamilton Judg.
John Gerills John Gerills John Gerills
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SCHEDULE , containing the whole estate and income of
John Gervill
  1 cow $15 two hogs 35 one table $2 1/2 $22.50   4 chairs 2 1/2 knives & forks $0.50 3.00   Crockery & glass ware 2.50   1 pot & 1 kettle & 1 chest 2.25   3 bibles & 2 psalm books 2.50   1 little wheel 12 one shovel 4 2.00   1 shingle & 1 sea kettle 5 one old plough 4 1.50   1 milk pail one milk pan one candlestick 1.00   1 looking glass one barrel & 2 taps 1.38   38.03 
John Gervill
Sworn to and declared, on the 8 th day of September 1820, before
J. R. Hamilton
— Judge of Oneida .
State of New-York. Oneida Common Pleas. } A Court of Record by Of the Term of September 1820. } Statute.
The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court ; and in the opinion of this Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above Schedule is fifty eight & 63/100 — dollars and no more.
I, FRANCIS A. BLOODGOOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Oneida, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court : And I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty eight & 63/100 dollars and — cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of September, 1820.
Francis A. Bloodgood

June 4, 1934
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Mrs. Harmon Howland 303 Washington Street, N. W., Warren, Ohio
JOHN GERRILLS S. 42739 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 42739, based upon the Revolutionary War service of John Gerrills (as he signed).
The date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
He enlisted, place not stated, served as private in Captain King's company, Colonel John Brooks' 7 th Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged in June, 1783, after having served three years for which he enlisted.
John Gerrills was allowed pension on his application executed April 6, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Salem, Washington County, New York.
In 1820, the soldier was aged fifty-two years and residing in Westmoreland, Oneida County, New York. At that time he referred to his wife aged fifty-seven years, whose name he did not give, also to a daughter, Ruth, aged seventeen years.
On March 8, 1826, John Gerrills had lately moved to Ohio to be with his children who were living there, and on that date made application in Trumbull County, for his pension to be transferred from New York to Ohio. He did not designate the names of his children, nor state how many he had.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Assistant to Administrator

1934 June 4. Hirt. to Mrs. H. Howland's facty. in Clm. N. 2592 (Belle Clark) — M.L.
42739
INVALID.
Reef
File No. 42739
John Ferrills Dr. Rev. Fraz
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 8 , Page 191
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Medford, Mass. to March 24. 1819.
This is to certify that John Gervais was a soldier in the late 7 th Mass. Reg t (Capt. King's company) that he enlisted on the 20 th of Feb y 1781, & continued in s d Regiment until it was disbanded in June 1783.
J. Wood, Lt. Col. Com d . of s d Reg t

June 4, 1934
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Mrs. Harmon Howland 303 Washington Street, N. W., Warren, Ohio
John Gerrills, S. 42739 Giles Clark, W. 2592
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the Revolutionary War records of two pensioners - John Gerrills, of Trumbull County, Ohio, and Giles Clark, of Connecticut.
Their records are furnished herewith as shown in claims for pension made to the United States based upon military service in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator